Combined churn and butter-worker.



PATBNTED JUNE 2, 1953.- F. RIGHARDSON, J. J. HEN'DRIGKS-& F. MARKEY'.

COMBINED OH-URN AND BUTTER WORKER.

APPLICATION FILED JAR; 19, 1903.

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P. RICHARDSON, J. J. HENDRICKS & F}. MARKEY.

COMBINED GHURN AND BUTTER WORKER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 19, 1903. NO MODEL.

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UNITE Y STATES OFFICE.

iaiieritd. June 2, 1903.

FREDERICK RICHARDSON, JOHN J. HENDRICKS, AND FRANK MARKEY, OF ST. MARYS,CANADA, ASSIGNORS TO C. RICHARDSON AND COMPANY, OF

ST. MARYS, CANADA.

COMBINED CHURN AND BUTTER-WORKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 730,159, dated June 2,1903. Application filed January 19, 1903. Serial No.-139i646. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, -FREDERICK- RICH-. ARDSON, J OHN' J L, HENDRICKS,and FRANK MARKEY, British subjects, and residents of St. Marys, inthecounty'ofPei-th'and Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certainnew and useful'lmprovements in a Coinbined Churn and Butter-Worker;- andwe hereby declare that the following is-a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in thatclass of combined churns and butter-workers'in which the cylinder isrotatably supported in a suitable I 5 frame and actuated byasuitablemechanism,

such cylinder being fitted with a series of removable butter-workingrollers arranged to be inserted into the cylinder through a centralaperture at one side thereof, such butter-working rollers being rotatedby the mech anism actuating or causing the rotation of the cylinder. p aIn carrying out the invention we journal the butter-working rollers in amovable-frame supported by a swinging arm hinged at one end to the mainframe of the apparatus, and we provide this movableframe with a gearcase in which is j ournaled a shaft arranged transversely to themandrels of the butterworking rollers, such shaft and mandrels beingfitted with intermeshing bevel gearwheels, whereby the butter-workingrollers can be rotated during the rotation-of the transverse shaft, ashereinafter more fully set forth, and more particularly pointed out inthe claims. g p In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of thecombined churn and butterworker, showing the butter-working rollers 0withdrawn from the cylinder and the central aperture therein closed by aremovable plate. Fig. 2 is asimilar view to Fig. 1, showing the platefor closing the central aperture removed and the butter-working rollersinserted into the cylinder. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the combinedchurn and butterworker partly in section, showing a means for supportingthe inner end of the movable frame for the butter-working rollers. Fig.4

is a perspective view of the butter-working 5o rollers, the movableframe therefor, and the gear-case and gearing.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts throughout-thespecification and drawings. Journaled in the main frame a are a set ofbearing-wheels 1 upon which is rotatably supported the cylinder 0,having at one end a central aperture cl, adapted to be closed by aremovable plate 6. Surrounding the apertune dis an annular gear-wheel f,with which meshes a bevel-pinion rigidly mounted on the driving-shaft h,and rotatabletherewith-is a. spur-wheel i and a pinion 1', arranged tomesh respectively with a pinion Z and'a spurwheel l, mounted on acounter-shaft m, the spur-wheel i and pinion 1 being thrown into and outof engagement with the pinion l and spur-wheel Z by means of a lever o.By reference to Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings it will be noticed thatthe driving and counter shafts are journaled in brackets a, secured tothe main frame a at one side of the apertime d, and that the mainframeat the other side of the aperture is fitted with a vertical post,upon which is hinged a jointed arm q. 7 5 To the free end of-the jointedarm (1 is hinged amovable frame r, in which are j ournaled thebutter-working rollers 8, having mandrels s projecting beyond the outerend of the frame and fitted with bevel-pinions t, meshing withcorresponding bevel-pinions a, mounted on the pinion-shaft 1;, which isjournaled in the gear-case w, connected to or forming part of the outerend of the frame 1'. The pinionshaft 1; projects beyond the gear-case wand is adapted to be coupled to the counter-shaft m by means of acoupling an, longitudinally movable on and rotatable-with thecountershaft m. WVhen theapparatus is used as a churn, the coupling asis disconnected from the pinion-shaft *0 and the movable frame and thebutter-working rollers are withdrawn from the interior of the cylinderand swung into the position shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, theaperture (1 then being closed by means of the removable plate (1' toretain the cream in the cylinder during the revolution of the same;

When the cream has been churned into butter and the buttermilk has beendrawn from the cylinder, the plate 0 is removed from the aperture andthe movable frame and butterworking rollers are placed within thecylinder by swinging the jointed arm q and movable frame into theposition shown in Fi 2, and the coupling a: is moved by the lever y tocouple together the pinion-shaft o and counter-shaft m to cause theunited rotation of the pinion and the counter shafts. The rotation ofthe pinionshaft imparts by means of the bevel-pinions u, and t rotarymotion to the butter-working rollers and causes the butter-workingrollers to rotate during the rotation of the cylinder to work up thebutter as it is delivered to them. By employing the spur-wheel i andpinion i, meshing with the pinion Z and spur-wheel Z, respectively, thespeed of the counter-shaft can be increased or reduced relatively to thespeed of the main shaft-that is to say, by throwing the spur-wheel 2'into mesh with the pinion Z and at the same time throwing the pinion 2"out of mesh with the spur-wheel l the speed of the counter-shaft can beincreased over the speed of the main shaft, or by throwing the pinion iinto mesh with the spur-wheel Z and at the same time throwing thespurwheel 1 out of mesh with the pinion Zthe speed of the counter-shaftcan be reduced below that of the main shaft.

\Vhile we have shown and described a specific means for operating thebutter-working rollers when the apparatus is to be employed as abutter-worker, we wish it understood that we do not lay any stressthereon, as we may vary this means or substitute therefor some othermechanism which will perform the same functions in substantially thesame way.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a combined churn and butter-worker the combination of the mainframe, a rotatable cylinder mounted therein having at one side a centralopening, a swinging arm hinged to the main frame at one side of thecentral opening, a movable frame hinged to the free end of the swingingarm arranged to enter the rotatable cylinder longitudinally through thecentral opening and parallel with the longitudinal axis thereof,butter-working rollers journaled in the movable frame, a gear-shaft,means for transmitting motion from the gearshaft to the butter-workingrollers, a drivingshaft, and means for separably uniting the driving andgear shafts, substantially as specified.

2. In a combined churn and butter-worker the combination of the mainframe, a rotatable cylinder mounted therein having at one side a centralopening, a swinging arm consisting of two sections, one of which ishinged to the main frame at one side of the central opening and normallyprojects away from the same and the other of which is hinged to theouter end of the first section and is arranged to lie against the samewhen the butter-working rollers are within the rotatable cylinder, amovable frame hinged to the free end of the swinging arm arranged toenter the rotatable cylinder through the central opening, butterworkingrollers j ournaled in the movable frame, and means for imparting motionto the butter-working rollers, substantially as specifled.

3. I11 a combined churn and butter-worker the combination of the mainframe, a rotatable cylinder mounted therein having at one side a centralopening, a swinging arm consisting of two sections, one of which ishinged to the main frame at one side of the central opening and normallyprojects away from the same, and the other of which is hinged to theouter end of the first section and is arranged to lie against the samewhen the butter-working rollers are within the rotatable cylinder, amovable frame hinged to the free end of the swinging arm arranged toenter the rotatable cylinder through the central opening, butterworkingrollers j ournaled in the movable frame, means for imparting motion tothe butter-working rollers, a gear-shaft, means for transmitting motionfrom the gear-shaft to the butterworking rollers, a driving-shaft, andmeans for separably uniting the driving and gear shafts, substantiallyas specified.

4. In a combined churn and butter-worker the combination of the mainframe, a rotatable cylinder mounted therein having at one side a centralopening, a swinging arm consisting of two sections, one of which ishinged to the main frame at one side of the central opening and normallyprojects away from the same, and the other of which is hinged to theouter end of the first section and is arranged to lie against the samewhen the butter-working rollers are within the rotatable cylinder, amovable frame hinged to the free end of the swinging arm arranged toenter the rotatable cylinder through the central opening, butterworkingrollers journaled in the movable frame, and means for imparting motionto the butter-working rollers, the outer end of the movable frameextending across the central opening, a gear-case connected thereto, agear-shaft journaled in the gearcase, means for transmitting motion fromthe gear-shaft to the butter-working rollers, a driving-shaft, a fixedclutch member for one of the shafts and a movable clutch member for theother to separably and revolubly unite the driving and gear shafts,substantially as specified.

5. In a combined churn and butter-worker, the combination of the mainframe, a rotatable cylinder mounted therein, a double-jointed swingingarm hinged to the main frame, a movable frame hingedto the swinging arm,butter-working rollers j ournaled in the movable frame having theirmandrels projecting beyond the outer end of the same, a shaft j ournaledin the movable frame transversely to the projecting mandrels,gear-wheels mounted upon the transverse shaft and mandrels and means fortransmitting motion to the transverse shaft substantially as specified.

6. In a combined churnand butter-Worker the combination of the mainframe, a rotatable cylinder mounted therein, a double-jointed swingingarm hinged to the main frame, a movable frame hinged to the swingingarm, butter-Working rollers j ournaled in the movable frame having theirmandrels projecting beyond the outer end of the same, a gearcaseconnected to the outer end of the movable frame, ashaft j ournaled inthe gear-case arranged transversely to the'mandrels of thebutterrworking rollers, gear-Wheels mounted I 5 on the shaft andmandrels and means for transmitting motion to the shaft, substantiallyas specified.

St. Marys, J anuarylfZ, 1903.

FRED. RICHARDSON. I JOHN J. HENDRICKS. FRANK MARKEY.

In presence of O. E. WHELIHAN, L. HARSTONE.

